Valve.



L. H. ROGERS.

VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED I'BBJZI, 191'1.

Patented` June 20, 1911.

i VSTES PATENT OFFICE.

LEE H: ROGERS, OF PARSONS, KANSAS.

VALVE.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patllijed June 20, 1911.

.Application /led February 21, V1911. Serial No. 609,975.

To all jwm it may concern: v

Be it known that I,LEE H. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parsons, in the county ofyLabette and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves, ofwhich the following is a specificatiomreference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to valves and more particularly to blow ojcocks and has for its primary object to provide a valve of such construction that the accumulation of'scale and sediment upon the valve and its prevented.

` A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a valve case having a tuseat is bular portion, a removable valve seat arin operative position. i5 p With the above and other objects 1n v1ew,;

the invention consists of the novel features of. construction,l combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustratedginthe accom-` panying drawings, inv whichv Figure 1 is a vertical section of a valve embodying my improvements, showing the s e closed; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of tlaiglvalve open.

The, present invention-has for its purpose the elimination of accumulations of scale and sediment upon the valve and valve seat of blow off cocks of that character com- 'rnonly used on engine boilers. With this end in view, I provide the valve casing- 5 which is formed with a laterally extendingthreaded connection 6. The valve case 5 is provided with the usual packing gland 7 and the bonnetS through which the valve stem 9 extends to render the casing water-A tight. The casing 5 has integrally formed "therewith and extending into the same, a

y tubular extension 10 which receivesthe valve member 11 removably secured upon the lower vend of the stem l9. The valve member vllmisi'forrned with an interiorly threaded annular flange l2 of sufficient diameter to recelve the flange 13 on the lower end of the lvalve stem. A follower nut 14 is threaded into the annular flange 12 of the valve member and engages the flange 13 to rigidly ysecure the valve member on the lower end of the stem. A coiled spring 15 is arranged within the tubular extension 10 and has one ,l

end seated in an annular groove 16 of the valve member and at its other end bears yuponthe valve case 5. The valve case is also providedwith aA tubular extension 17 which `is interiorly threaded to receive one end ofthe coupling sleeve 18 whereby a pipe may be connected to the valve. This .coupling sleeve also serves to retain the removable seat member 19 in position. This seat member is provided upon one end with an annular flange 20 for engagement with an annular shoulder 2l formed on the interior' smaller end an annular inclined seat 22 ,of the valve case 5. The `seat member is gradually reduced in diameter jand has formed `upon its periphery adjacent to its'l` which is adapted to be engaged a similarly inclined-face 2 3 upon the lower end of the valve member 11. This lower end ofthe v`valve memberfi's of tubular form to provide a chamber 24 into which the end portionl25A of the'seat memberextends when the valve is seated.

It 'Win be observe that the end f the seat member 19 is spaced from the lower end of the tubular extension 10 of the valve casing so as to permit., of the free liow of the water and sediment through the outlet of the valve, without the same entering the tube l0 which receives the valve member. When the valve is closed, the pressuys upon the seat member 19 below the seat 22 thereof so that said 'seat and the co-engagl ing inclinedl face `-23 on the vvalve member are only in contact with the .water momentarily when the valve is`being opened or' closed. .The water is under considerable` sediment which has accumulated yin the boiler. Thus whenJ the valve member i`s raised into the tubular'portion'l() of the Apressure .and carries with it `the scale and casi-ng the lforce ofthe water' carries the the valvev se'atand into the outlet. The valve member* is very vquickly closed by means' of the spring 15. Owling to the great pressure of the water, the 'valve seatis always lzept perfectly clean of Asuch accu- ,particles of scale' and the sediment over f" mulations `so that the valve member 17 has close engagement thereon. The valve member when moved to open position is raised entirely above the lower end of the tubular portion l0 of the valve casing so that the water has no engagement therewith as it flows over the seat member beneath the lowerl end ofsaid tube.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction and operation of my improved valve will be obvious.

The device is extremely simple and is particularly adapted for use upon fireA tube boilers or in other instances where great quantities of scale or sediment accumulate and are carried ofi' through the cock. l.

It will of course be understood that the principle of my invention may be embodied in valves of other forms and that I do notI wish to be restricted to the precise details of construction as illustrated in the drawings and above described.

ByY providing a removable seat member, the seat and valve member may be easily and quickly' removed sothat the interior of the valve casing may be readily cleaned and relieved of any incrustationsA which may accumulate upon the walls thereof. Owingvto the peculiararrangement of the valve member andv its seat, the efliciency of devices of this character is'materially inf creased and their period of serviceability prolonged. In view of its extremely smple'construction, it will also beA obvious that the valve can bermanufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. A valve of the character described com l prising a case consistingv of a body portion andan interior tubular extension formed on the wall of the body portion, a seat member removably arranged in the valve case; the seat thereof being disposed in spaced relation to the open end of said tubular eXtension, and a spring seated valve member movable in the tubular extension7 said valve member having a tubular portion to receive the 'end of the seat member, substantially asv seat member having a flange thereon engag ing said shoulder and lying between the 'same and the end of the sleeve, the other end of said valve seat member being spacedy from the open end of the interior tubular extension' and reduced .in diameter,. said vvalve seat member having an 'annular in; clinedseat, a valve member longitudinally movable within said interior tubular eXtension, a spring arranged in said extension` engaging the valve member, said valve mem. ber having a tubular portion provided at its end with an annular inclined face to engage upon the seat, the end of the valve seat member extending into the tubular portion of'- the, valve member, said spring. nor. mally retaining the valve member in its "closed position,substantially as and for .the

purpose specified.

In testimony whereoil I hereunto aix my .signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEE H. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

A. C. CosAT'r, GW. IDEN. 

